Japan energy market report offers an incisive and reliable overview of the energy sector in Japan. With a focus on oil, gas, coal and power markets, the report provides a complete picture of the country situation, dynamics, current issues and future prospects. With 2016 market data and continuous follow-up of markets news, this report brings clear and concise insights with which to tackle national energy challenges and opportunities.

The METI, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is in charge of the energy sector through ANRE, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. ANRE has three departments: the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department, the Natural...

Energy Companies

Gas:

Three companies account for more than 80% of the gas supply: Tokyo Gas (15.5 bcm of sales volume in FY 2016), Osaka Gas (8.0 bcm)and Toho Gas (3.9 bcm). There are around 200 gas companies, 85% of which are private; they are grouped together in...

Energy Supply

Oil:

After the United States, China and India, Japan is the world's fourth largest oil importer. Crude oil imports have been decreasing by almost 2%/year since 2000. Slower economic growth coupled with structural trends in the transport sector (shift to electric cars and reduced car use among young...

Energy Prices

Oil:

In 2016, the average price was US$1.14/l for gasoline and US$0.96/l for diesel. Prices have been decreasing due to the fall in international oil prices. Japanese customers pay one of the highest prices in the Asia Pacific region, after South Korea and Singapore. Diesel prices are about 10%...

Using its Global Energy Forecasting Model POLES, Enerdata foresees the share of oil to account for 38% of the primary energy consumption by 2040, while the share of natural gas would be around 14% and the share of coal around 10%. The remainder (37%) would be covered by nuclear, renewables and...

Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.

Energy Balance: total and per energy.

Japan Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Japan energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO2 emissions (from fuel combustion).